Neighbors said the husband was a retired architect-engineer who loved fishing; his wife was an avid tennis player. They said the couple had lived more than 25 years at Brower Oakview Condominiums, a complex of about 45 condos.

Insp. Kenneth Lack, a police spokesman, described the deaths as a murder-suicide. No other details were released.

"They were nice people," neighbor Gil Balanoff said Monday. "They used to have parties at their house and they had plenty of friends. I can't imagine why this occurred."

Balanoff said neither the husband nor the wife had shown signs of distress in recent weeks, though he said both had medical problems. The couple still seemed "upbeat" and "happy," he said.